Coconut milk

[Silvanus]

JKRolling said:

Aldi’s is 62% according to their website so one of the worst? Sainsburys own is 68% so an improvement.

Adroy D coconut milk is 70%. None are anywhere near 98% as suggested above.

[QJumper]

Lidl's Freshona coconut milk has 94% coconut extract.

[LunarOne]

QJumper said:

Lidl's Freshona coconut milk has 94% coconut extract.

I'll have to check it out as I do love Thai food. It might be a lidl hard to find though because I don't go there aldi time...

[craigjm]

QJumper said:

Lidl's Freshona coconut milk has 94% coconut extract.

I’m not so sure it’s all about ultimate level of extract. It can get too high and cause problems when using it for anything other than throwing it in a Thai or Indian curry and even then too much fat starts to make it taste a bit odd. 70% is probably about right which is why the Aroy D works well

[QJumper]

craigjm said:

I’m not so sure it’s all about ultimate level of extract. It can get too high and cause problems when using it for anything other than throwing it in a Thai or Indian curry and even then too much fat starts to make it taste a bit odd. 70% is probably about right which is why the Aroy D works well

I think fat content is different to extract content. Both Freshona and Aroy D have around 20% fat content.

[omniflow]

Has anyone ever tried making their own?

Use a coconut scraper to grate 3 or 4 coconuts, put in a bowl and then cover with warm water (from the kettle - not boiling, not the hot tap). Use as little water as you can get away with, but make sure all the coconut is covered. Agitate for a while and then press to extract. I use a potato ricer for this, but I'm sure there are better tools for the job.

Put the resulting liquid into a jug in the fridge and then leave to settle. In theory, the solid on the top is coconut cream, and the liquid underneath is coconut milk. My coconut milk is always really watery, so I must be using too much water in the extraction process.

It's quite satisfying to make your own, but a lot of hassle and probably not really worth doing other than for a special occasion.

[craigjm]

QJumper said:

craigjm said:

I’m not so sure it’s all about ultimate level of extract. It can get too high and cause problems when using it for anything other than throwing it in a Thai or Indian curry and even then too much fat starts to make it taste a bit odd. 70% is probably about right which is why the Aroy D works well

I think fat content is different to extract content. Both Freshona and Aroy D have around 20% fat content.

But surely the higher the extract content the higher the fat. The only other ingredients are water and guar gum

[RichFN2]

QJumper said:

Lidl's Freshona coconut milk has 94% coconut extract.

I must admit I bought the Lidl full fat coconut milk as an emergency a few months back with low expectations, probably the best coconut milk I bought from a supermarket and just as good as the expensive stuff from Thailand that a local Asian shop sell.

[QJumper]

craigjm said:

QJumper said:

craigjm said:

I’m not so sure it’s all about ultimate level of extract. It can get too high and cause problems when using it for anything other than throwing it in a Thai or Indian curry and even then too much fat starts to make it taste a bit odd. 70% is probably about right which is why the Aroy D works well

I think fat content is different to extract content. Both Freshona and Aroy D have around 20% fat content.

But surely the higher the extract content the higher the fat. The only other ingredients are water and guar gum

To be honest I'm not sure how it works, I'm just going on what it says on the labels.

In general I find Lidl's stuff to be of quite high quality, with fewer additives. The other day I found that they sold peanut butter, for which the ingredients were 100% peanuts, for £3.99 for a kilo tub